University of Michigan. Photo and Campus Service.

Photo and Campus Services (also known as Photo Services) has been operating as a full-service photographic lab since 1948. In addition to photographic developing and reproduction, the unit also specializes in taking passport photos, portraits and photographing special events. Photo Services staff photographers frequently were contracted by the university's News and Information Services to photograph university events. As a result of this arrangement, many images taken by Photo Services staff are included in the News and Information Services record group. In July 1997, Photo Services officially became a part of News and Information Services.

Several staff photographers had lengthy affiliations with Photo Services, including Bob Kalmbach, who served as chief photographer during a career that spanned more than 45 years until his official retirement in 2000. Kalmbach continued to work after his retirement until his death on February 12, 2001.

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